Watch holder for vehicles



Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

EARL L. COFFEY, OF CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS.

WATCH HOLDER FOR VEHICLES.

Application led April 9, 1923. Serial No. 630,845.

T all whom 'it may con-cern:

Be it known that I, I-IARL L. COFFEX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Centralia, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Watch I'Iolders for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a watch holder which is especially adapted for attachment on automobiles, and preferably on the steering wheel thereof. It `is evident that the watch holder can also be used on aeroplanes, motor boats, and other kinds of vehicles.

Another object of the invention is to provide a watch holder to which the watch may be easily and quickly attached or detached. A further object is to so construct the watch holder that it will not injure the watch in the least even when exposed to violent vibrations.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the watch holder;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the steer ing wheel to which the watch holder is attached; and

Figure 3 is a transverse section of the watch holder.

The watch holder comprises two gripping arms and 11 which cross each other in the middle where they are united by a rivet 12, or in any other suitable manner, this rivet preferably also attaching the arms to a clip 13. The arms terminate with upstanding fingers 14 bent slightly towards the center of the holder, and each having at its free end, an outwardly turned lip 15 for facilitating the insertion of the-watch in the holder. These arms are preferably made of some fiexible material such as spring steel, and are very thin in order to yield when the watch is pressed down between the fingers 14.

lThe arms and lingers are provided with short pads or sleeves 16 and 17 of some pliable material such as rubber or felt, and the central portion over the rivet 12 is also covered by a piece of pliable material 18.

edge of the' watch when the latter is de g posited in the holder.

The clip 13 is also made of flexible material so that it may easily slip over an arm 19 of the steering wheel 201. Upon this arm the clip is secured by a clamping screw 21, by means of which the clip can be drawn up tightly around the arm 19.

Instead of carrying the watch holder on one of the radial arms of the steering wheel, as indicated in Figure 2, it is evident that the carrier may be secured to the rim itself, or to any stationary support of the automobile in a suitable position where it can be readily seen by the operator of the car.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: A

A watch holder comprising diametrical arms of flexible material such as flat steel band and terminating with flexible fingers extending substantially in perpendicular direction against the plane of the arms, one of said arms being superimposed on the other at the center of the holder, said fingers each having a tongue at the extreme end thereof bent away from the center of the watch holder, the tongues, fingers and arms all being straight, a clamp, a rivet rigidly connecting said arms and said clamp, means for securing said clamp to a suitable support, a pad covering the rivet head, and sleeves of pliable material provided around said arms and fingers for engaging with they watch.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

IIARL L. COFFEY. 

